Formations of the chords:
G= 355433
D= xx0232
Am= x02210
C= x32010
[Intro]
G D Am C
G D Am C
[Verse 1]
G D
Picked up a buffalo nickel
Am C G D
Am C
outside Hampton's grocery and video store.
G D
Shined it up on my old jeans
Am C G
D Am C
and noticed that buffalo had three legs, steada four.
G
Mr. Hampton looked it up in a book
D
said son you got some kinda luck
C D(start strum)
somebody might of lost five cents but you just found five-hundred bucks
[Chorus]
G D
Sometimes it's just your time
Am C
there aint no reason and there aint no rhyme
G D Am C
C
Otta the blue the stars align everybodys gotta have there turn to shine.
C G Am C C *G D
Am C (*Play chords the same as intro)
Sometimes it's just your time.
[Verse 2]
G D
Five-hundred dollars wouldn't buy me a car
Am C
so I sold that nickel and I bought a guitar
G D Am C
Taught myself to play
G D Am C
Hitched a ride to Tennesse just that old gold top gibson and me
G D Am C
and I learned how to wait.
G
She found me in a Nashville bar
D
tryin' to make a living, wasn't gettin' to far
C D (start strum)
The sky opened up when she walked in and walked back out with my heart.
[Chorus 2]
G D
Sometimes its just your time
Am C
there aint no reason and there aint no rhyme
G D Am C
Otta the blue the stars align everybodys gotta have there turn to shine.
G D
Catch your break, accept your fate
Am C C
Every dogs gotta have his day.
C G Am C C G
Sometimes its just your time.
[Solo]
G D Am C
G D Am C
[Bridge]
G
I don't worry about when. I won't start now,
D
when your number comes up and your light goes out
C
I'm still here so I must be blessed
D
And I'm gonna keep rockin' till the good Lord says
[End Chorus]
G D
Sometimes its just your time
Am C
there aint no reason and there aint no rhyme
G D Am ^C
Otta the blue the stars align everybodys gotta have there turn to shine.
G D
Catch your break, accept your fate
Am C
Every dogs gotta have his day.
G D
Sometimes its just your time
Am C
there aint no reason and there aint no rhyme
G D Am C
Otta the blue the stars align everybodys gotta have there turn to shine.
G D
Catch your break, accept your fate
Am C C
Every dogs gotta have his day.
C G Am C C G (let ring)
Sometimes its just your time.
This is a riff you can play where indicated by the ^ symbol:
^Riff1
C
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D--0h2----2-0-|
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